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CVE-2022-38078

Published: Aug 24, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-94
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 23.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Movable Type XMLRPC API provided by Six Apart Ltd. contains a command injection vulnerability. Sending a specially crafted message by POST method to Movable Type XMLRPC API may allow arbitrary Perl script execution, and an arbitrary OS command may be executed through it. Affected products and versions are as follows: Movable Type 7 r.5202 and earlier, Movable Type Advanced 7 r.5202 and earlier, Movable Type 6.8.6 and earlier, Movable Type Advanced 6.8.6 and earlier, Movable Type Premium 1.52 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.52 and earlier. Note that all versions of Movable Type 4.0 or later including unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL) versions are also affected by this vulnerability.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

movable typesixapart
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
Movable TypeSix Apart Ltd
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
Movable Type XMLRPC APISix Apart Ltd.
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
sixapartcommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka movable type, movabletype, six apart
six apart ltdcommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka six apart ltd, movable type
six apart ltd.commercialUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka movable type, movable type advanced, movable type cloud edition

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN57728859/index.html
jvn.jp
https://movabletype.org/news/2022/08/mt-795-687-released.html
movabletype.org
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN57728859/index.html
jvn.jp
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Timeline

Published
Aug 24, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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